diff -ur al.orig/pdb.c al/pdb.c
--- al.orig/pdb.c	Mon Oct  9 16:32:29 2000
+++ al/pdb.c	Mon Oct  9 16:05:51 2000
@@ -44,6 +44,30 @@
 #include "pdb.h"
 #include "prs.h"
 
+void PDB_changeOwner(int32_t id, int32_t groupId)
+{
+	PDB_HANDLE h;
+	PDB_profile r;
+	char *name;
+
+	/* sanity check arguments */
+	CODA_ASSERT(PDB_ISGROUP(groupId) && PDB_ISUSER(id));
+
+	h = PDB_db_open(O_RDWR);
+
+	/* change the owner of the group */
+	PDB_readProfile(h, groupId, &r);
+	CODA_ASSERT(r.id != 0);
+	r.owner_id = id;
+	free(r.owner_name);
+	PDB_lookupById(id, &name);
+	r.owner_name = name;
+	PDB_writeProfile(h, &r);
+	PDB_freeProfile(&r);
+
+	PDB_db_close(h);
+}
+
 void PDB_addToGroup(int32_t id, int32_t groupId)
 {
 	PDB_HANDLE h;
diff -ur al.orig/pdb.h al/pdb.h
--- al.orig/pdb.h	Mon Oct  9 16:32:29 2000
+++ al/pdb.h	Mon Oct  9 15:50:18 2000
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 void PDB_lookupById(int32_t id, char **name);
 int PDB_nameInUse(char *name);
 void PDB_changeId(int32_t oldid, int32_t newid);
+void PDB_changeOwner(int32_t id, int32_t groupId);
 
 /* internal packing functions */
 void pdb_pack(PDB_profile *r, void **data, size_t *size);
diff -ur al.orig/pdbtool.c al/pdbtool.c
--- al.orig/pdbtool.c	Mon Oct  9 16:32:29 2000
+++ al/pdbtool.c	Mon Oct  9 16:30:21 2000
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 }
 
 
-/* CREATE NEW USER */
+/* CHANGE A NAME */
 void tool_changeName(int argc,char *argv[]){
 	int32_t arg1;
 	if(check_args_num(argc,3)){
@@ -180,6 +180,39 @@
 }
 
 
+/* CHANGE THE OWNER OF A GROUP */
+void tool_changeOwner(int argc,char *argv[]){
+	char *s;
+	int32_t id;
+	int32_t groupId;
+	if(check_args_num(argc,3)){
+		printf("Usage: co user group\n"
+		       "user\t\tname or id of user to be the new owner\n"
+		       "group\t\tname or id of the group to change\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	id = get_id(argv[1]);
+	PDB_lookupById(id, &s);
+	if(!PDB_ISUSER(id) || s == NULL){
+		printf("Owner must be a valid username/id, %s not found!\n",
+		       argv[1]);
+		if (s) free(s);
+		return;
+	}
+	free(s);
+	groupId = get_id(argv[2]);
+	PDB_lookupById(groupId, &s);
+	if(!PDB_ISGROUP(groupId) || s == NULL){
+		printf("Group must be a valid groupname/id, %s not found!\n",
+		       argv[2]);
+		if (s) free(s);
+		return;
+	}
+	free(s);
+	PDB_changeOwner(id, groupId);
+}
+
+
 /* CREATE NEW GROUP */
 void tool_newGroup(int argc,char *argv[]){
 	char *s;
@@ -192,7 +225,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	arg2 = get_id(argv[2]);
-	PDB_lookupById((int32_t) arg2, &s);
+	PDB_lookupById(arg2, &s);
 	if(!PDB_ISUSER(arg2) || s == NULL){
 		printf("Owner must be a valid username/id, %s not found!\n",
 		       argv[2]);
@@ -722,6 +755,7 @@
 	printf("cm\t\t\t\tcompact the database (RARE)\n");
 	printf("ci <name> <newid>\t\tchange the Id of a user or group\n");
 	printf("cn <id> <newname>\t\tchange the Name of a user or group\n");
+	printf("co <id/name> <groupid/name>\t\tchange the owner of a group\n");
 	printf("u <id/name>\t\t\tupdate an id/name\n");
 	printf("ids\t\t\t\tget the database maxids\n");
 	printf("maxids <userid> <groupid>\tset the database maxids\n");
@@ -750,6 +784,7 @@
 	{"cm", tool_compact, 0, "compact the database (RARE)"},
 	{"ci", tool_changeId, 0, "change the Id of a user or group"},
 	{"cn", tool_changeName, 0, "change the Name of a user"},
+	{"co", tool_changeOwner, 0, "change the owner of a group"},
 	{"u", tool_update, 0, "update an id"},
 	{"ids", tool_get_maxids, 0, "get the database maxids"},
 	{"maxids", tool_maxids, 0, "set the database maxids"},